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[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Not enough for voters who are undecided about whether to vote or not.

Democrats win when turnout is high. It's not enough to be better than the opponent, to win they must beat apathy.

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The two current candidates are so far apart the people who claim to be undecided are ignorant or stupid, willingly or otherwise. I'd understand riding the fence between Biden and Bernie, even if I've made my choice between them, but between Trump and Biden?

That's the kind of person who is undecided if they want to drive to work or walk down the middle of i-95

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Well I hope that goes the right way for you over there.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

then they should be doing something to make voters want to turn out.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The only Democrat with the power to do anything at the moment is Biden, and his power is limited.

But he's been doing a lot within that limited power.

And I genuinely don't care whatever some asshole from hexbear with their Lemmy World alt is about to pop in here and reply with, because the fundamental issue is not Biden, it is Congress and the Supreme Court. Congress is absolutely fucked, and that is not Biden's fault, it's the Constitution's fault, and the fault of Red State conservatives that have completely gerrymandered their states to hell, and the Supreme Court that did not stop them. It is not biden's fault at the Supreme Court is now stacked with corrupt conservative justices that will strike down anything he does that they think they can make a case against.

It is very, very convenient to forget that the other two branches exist when you're intent is to make Biden look like he hasn't done anything or committed to his campaign promises.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

i think you are heavily subestimating the power of money here.